Community Workshops
Hot Topics in Ethics for EFTers
with Keith Cross, Ph.D., LMFT

Date: Friday, July 29, 2022 | Time: 9am-12pm Arizona time
Location: Virtual Zoom Meeting (link will be provided before event)
Cost: $45
Certificate of Attendance: 3 hours
EFT clinicians often face unique ethical dilemmas when engaging partners or family members in the therapy process. Navigating this complex and dynamic system requires a thorough understanding of state rules as well as ethical standards. This interactive session will present relevant legal and ethical considerations for EFT clinicians and offer several risk management strategies.
Learning Objectives:
Location: Virtual Zoom Meeting (link will be provided before event)
Cost: $45
Certificate of Attendance: 3 hours
EFT clinicians often face unique ethical dilemmas when engaging partners or family members in the therapy process. Navigating this complex and dynamic system requires a thorough understanding of state rules as well as ethical standards. This interactive session will present relevant legal and ethical considerations for EFT clinicians and offer several risk management strategies.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the ethical risks unique to couple and family work with EFT.
- Know the specific State of Arizona statutes and rules that apply when engaging in couple and family work utilizing EFT.
- Analyze how ethical standards and state licensure laws are applied in real life counseling scenarios.
- Identify effective risk management strategies when using EFT.
Working with Highly Escalated Couples
with Gretchen Harro, MA, LMFT & Raushanah Jackson, MS, LMFT

Date: Friday, October 21, 2022 | Time: 9am-11am Arizona time
Location: Virtual Zoom Meeting (link will be provided before event)
Cost: $25 for AZEFT Members, $30 for Non-Members
Certificate of Attendance: 2 hours
Emotionally Focused Therapy offers a way to understand and work effectively with couples whose arguments get big and loud. Learn how to interrupt the argument and change the conversation, the beginning of guiding the couple to greater connection with each other.
Learning Objectives:
Raushanah Jackson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. In 2015, Raushanah was introduced to Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and took the Externship, the first required training in the Certification process. She has used the model with couples in her part-time private practice in Southern California, with veterans and military families at Camp Pendleton and eventually at The Road Home Program. In 2020 she completed the advanced training Core Skills, in Chicago and currently, Raushanah is in the process of pursuing Certification as an EFT Therapist. In addition to working with individuals, couples, children and families at River North Therapy, Raushanah is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision at Northern Illinois University.
Location: Virtual Zoom Meeting (link will be provided before event)
Cost: $25 for AZEFT Members, $30 for Non-Members
Certificate of Attendance: 2 hours
Emotionally Focused Therapy offers a way to understand and work effectively with couples whose arguments get big and loud. Learn how to interrupt the argument and change the conversation, the beginning of guiding the couple to greater connection with each other.
Learning Objectives:
- Discover how attachment theory makes sense of the couple’s behavior.
- Identify the vulnerable emotion hidden under anger, and learn how to access and leverage this emotion to change the conversation.
- Tune into one’s own unhelpful reaction to highly escalated couples and identify more helpful responses.
Raushanah Jackson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. In 2015, Raushanah was introduced to Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and took the Externship, the first required training in the Certification process. She has used the model with couples in her part-time private practice in Southern California, with veterans and military families at Camp Pendleton and eventually at The Road Home Program. In 2020 she completed the advanced training Core Skills, in Chicago and currently, Raushanah is in the process of pursuing Certification as an EFT Therapist. In addition to working with individuals, couples, children and families at River North Therapy, Raushanah is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision at Northern Illinois University.